âHead south, Yin Zhu.â Anya pointed off in a direction. Ye Yin Zhuâs back wasnât very broad, but Anya felt very comfortable while lying on it. She could sense the differences in Ye Yin Zhu even clearer. When all was said and done, she didnât resemble Ye Yin Zhu in ignorance. She hadnât cultivate a Pure Zither Heart and was thus incapable of understanding the relations between a male and female. This was the first time her body had touched a manâs since she was born.
Anyaâs charming face displayed a trace of a helpless smile. In her heart, she would always look at Ye Yin Zhu as a younger brother. This was because he was the only human male she didnât feel disgust for. His purity and innocence was like the heart of a newborn1. Along with his simplicity, his pleasant zither playing held Anyaâs admirations.
âYin Zhu, you donât need to rush. You just used up a lot of your magic. Walk slowly and listen to your Elder Sisterâs story, okay?â Anya leaned down onto Ye Yin Zhuâs shoulder. Perhaps it was because she hadnât been this weak in so many years that her gaze was currently a bit blurred.
âElder Sister Anya, shouldnât you be resting?â Having her whole body touch his back didnât arise any wicked ideas within Ye Yin Zhu. He merely thought that Anya was in great need of his protection.
âYin Zhu, do you know of the elves?â Anya asked.
Ye Yin Zhu nodded and said, âGrandfather once told me, âElves are a n.o.ble race. They love peace, stand aloof from worldly affairs, and most of all, hate war. They live only in Origin Forest as children of nature.â I have never seen an elf.â
Anya lightly pulled on her long hair, exposing two pointed ears. Although Ye Yin Zhu couldnât see, Anya had, by now, become completely immersed within her past.
âFour hundred years ago, in the vast Elven Forest, a pair of twin sisters were born. They were the Elf Queenâs daughters and the pride of the entire Elven Race. Their outstanding talents had them surpa.s.sing their peers in strength within a very short period of time. They lived a happy life in the lush Origin Forest. The twin sisters were very kind-hearted. Every day, they would communicate with the elements of nature. Every elven clansmen believed that the two of them would lead the Elven Race into a smooth and steady future, their peace continuing eternally.â
Anya paused, her voice br.i.m.m.i.n.g with a gentle beauty.
âElves and humans are different. Elves have a lifespan 10 times that of humans. An ordinary person can live for approximately 80 years. Even if they are powerful experts, they can only live up to 150 years with difficulty. An elf can live up to 800 years. These twins, as descendants of Elven Royalty, possessed a long lifespan of 1500 years. That year, they were already 200 years old. Among the elves, 200 years old was like 15 years to humans; they had just become adults. The twin sisters had begun to grow weary of the peaceful life in the Elven Forest. Thereupon, they rebelled against their mother repeatedly, secretly leaving the vast forest. They entered the human world.â
âWas the Elven Forest bad? Why did they leave?â Ye Yin Zhu asked curiously.
âActually, no one found this strange. Even in the beautiful Elven Forest, if one has lived there for 200 years, then anyone would begin to feel weary. They entered the human country and immediately became attracted to the bustling human world. They were surrounded everywhere by things they have never seen before. For a moment, the sisters had gradually lost themselves in this new world. They didnât forget to conceal their ident.i.ty as elves though.
âElves had very beautiful appearances, regardless of gender. And as part of the Elven Royal bloodline, these twin sisters were stunning. Very quickly, males harboring evil intentions stared at them. Unfortunately, those bad men didnât know the sisters were not as simple as they appeared. The twin sisters each had Violet Rank Level 1 strength. Because they hadnât used their powers in the outside world, the twin sisters werenât careful enough. They had instantly killed those bad men upon releasing their powerful magic. That was their first ma.s.sacre.â
âOh!â Ye Yin Zhu cried out in surprise. âElves are peaceful. To kill someone, that must have pained them greatly.â
Anya sighed. âYou are not completely right. The two sisters had different responses. The younger sister was very afraid and even considered going back to the Elven Forest. She knew at last the horrors of the outside world. The elder sister was very excited, however, and her mind already began to stray. These twin lotus flowers that grew from one stalk diverged for the first time since birth. The next divergence also made them part ways. The older sister entered the human world while the younger sister panicked and returned to the Elven Forest.
âTen years pa.s.sed by in an instant. In ten years, the elder sister quickly created a tremendous reputation in the human world, relying on her beauty and Violet Rank strength to become the strongest in that generation. Because the younger sister had gone against her motherâs order, she received a harsh penalty upon returning to the Elven Forest.â
Ye Yin Zhu asked, âWhy didnât the Elf Queen retrieve the elder sister?â
Anya smiled and said, âThat is because the Elf Queen was unable to leave the Elven Forest at that time. She must protect her clansmen. Apart from her, no other elf was able enough to subdue the elder sister. As a result, this was delayed continually.
âThe Elf Queen suddenly pa.s.sed away 10 years later. Just as she had one foot in the grave, the elder sister suddenly returned to the Elven Forest. At this moment, her strength had grown by a frightening amount. She had reached Violet Rank Level 3. It was hard to imagine increasing so tremendously in strength in a mere 10 years. She was very apathetic when confronting the dying Elf Queen, not grieving even a bit. She had even gone against the Elf Queenâs last decision to pa.s.s the crown to the younger sister, openly fighting with the younger sister over the Elven queens.h.i.+p.â By this point in the tale, Anyaâs voice had already become impa.s.sioned.
âHow could she do this? Donât tell me she forgot 200 years of sisterly feelings?â Ye Yin Zhu somewhat angrily said.
âI donât know. Even today, I still donât know.â Anyaâs eyes moistened, her voice br.i.m.m.i.n.g with sorrow.
âThe Elven Race stands aloof from worldly affairs. Under the decisiveness of the elder sister, the rest of the race surrendered to her. The younger sister was defeated at the hands of her elder sister and her pure self was banished from the Elven Forest, forever unable to return. The elder sister didnât know, however, that before the Elf Queen was at deathâs door, she had secretly given away the Elven Raceâs Symbolic Seed of Life to the younger sister. By the time she discovered this, the younger sister had already traveled far away.
âFor two hundred years, the elder sister searched everywhere for her younger sister, wanting to seize away the Seed of Life. The younger sister matured with every pa.s.sing day in the human world, however. She thought her motherâs death strange, and when she recalled her elder sisterâs extreme peculiarity, she knew her motherâs death had something to do with her elder sister. Even if she knew this, what use was it? She wasnât her elder sisterâs match and could only flee continuously, wandering from country to country.
âShe later found a peaceful region to settle in temporarily after great difficulty. Only then did she seek the truth about her motherâs death. Her steady conviction spurred, she cultivated even more a.s.siduously than before. The disparity between her elder sisterâs strength and hers lessened more and more. Two hundred more years later, the younger sister felt that she could challenge her elder sister in strength. She returned to the Elven Forest. At this moment, the Elven Forest had completely changed. The former tranquility and harmony was nowhere to be seen. There was only an austere air. Calling herself the Elf Queen, the elder sister had actually been training her Elven clansmen into an army.â
(coughs ironically, this is the individual character meanings of Pure Zither Heart⊠which could have been translated as Newborn Zither HeartâŠ)